It had been a week since Emma and Regina had connected their emotions, and so far neither woman really minded it. In fact, it was making their relationship much easier. Arguments happened less frequently because they could feel the other one's feelings on whatever they were talking about. And Emma teased Regina for it relentlessly.

"So, you're admitting I was right," Emma said, smirking. She popped a fry in her mouth, chuckling as Regina rolled her eyes.

"Don't ruin our lunch with such silly statements," Regina said sarcastically.

Emma just laughed. "I was right, and there's nothing you can do about it. You might as well admit that it was a good idea."

"What was a good idea?" Snow asked, sliding into the booth next to Emma. David took a seat next to Regina.

Emma coughed to avoid choking on her fry. The surprise that she was feeling at seeing her parents was multiplied by being mixed with Regina's.

Regina glanced at Emma before turning her attention to Snow and David. "I didn't realize that we had extended an invitation for you to join us for lunch."

Snow shrugged. "We're practically family. So, what was a good idea?"

Emma and Regina looked at each other and rolled their eyes simultaneously. Snow always had to know everyone's business.

"I saw that!" Snow exclaimed, hitting Emma on the arm. "Don't roll your eyes at your mother."

Regina had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Emma's annoyance at that moment was enough to rival her own every time she saw Snow.

"Look, we really came over here to ask if you would like to stay with us for the night," David said. "You're our daughter and we miss having you at home."

Emma sighed. "I live with Regina and Henry. You guys seemed perfectly fine with it when I was moving in. So where did this come from?"

Snow and David exchanged a look. "You've been in a lot of danger lately," Snow said. "We just want to spend all the time with you that we can."

"I wasn't the one in danger," Emma scoffed. "Regina was the one being targeted by her evil half."

"Actually it was more Henry," Regina said, shrugging.

"It doesn't matter who it was!" Snow interjected, glaring at Emma and Regina. "Just stay with us for one night. Please."

Emma sighed and groaned before nodding. "Fine. But just for tonight."

Emma laid in bed, staring at the ceiling. She'd already counted sheep, had gone over old case files David had left lying around, and made hot chocolate. To others, all of those things would be used to fall asleep. But for Emma, they were tools to stay awake.

Before moving in with Regina, Emma's sleep had constantly been plagued with nightmares. From her past in the system, to the present with all of the craziness that Storybrooke seemed to attract, Emma could never get to sleep and stay asleep. But Regina kept the nightmares away.

Emma jumped as her phone started vibrating. She picked it up and smiled at seeing Regina's name on the screen before answering. "Hi."

"Hi yourself," Regina said, chuckling. "Why are you so nervous? Is your mother making you participate in a bonding game night?"

"No," Emma said, shuddering at the thought. "I would've been gone too fast for that to happen."

Regina laughed, making Emma instantly feel better and forget about the nightmares that were going to plague her the minute she closed her eyes. "And now you're fine," Regina observed. "Were you worried that I was angry at you for agreeing to stay with your parents?"

"No, not at all," Emma said quickly. "I just can't sleep."

"Ah," Regina said, finally getting what the problem was. "Nightmares."

"Now I can feel you worrying," Emma teased.

Regina rolled her eyes and sighed, even though Emma couldn't see her. "You know, you feeling my emotions is not helping me comfort you any."

Emma laughed. "I know. But it actually is helping. I know that you care."

They stayed on the phone for a few more minutes in comfortable silence before Emma started to drift off. Regina smiled as she heard Emma's breathing begin to even out, and waited a few more minutes until she was sure that Emma was asleep before hanging up and setting her phone on the nightstand. She shook her head at how crazy this all was before curling up and falling asleep.

Emma woke up the next morning, surprised that she hadn't had any nightmares. And then she remembered Regina's phone call that had coaxed her to sleep.

She got ready for the day, sent Regina a good morning text, and went downstairs for breakfast. David smiled at her as she walked into the kitchen, but the smiled quickly melted from her face as she saw who was sitting and already eating.

"What is he doing here?" Emma asked, glaring at David.

"Um, your mom invited him," David said guiltily. "I'll let her explain."

"Explain what?" Snow asked, walking into the kitchen with Neal on her hip.

"Explain why my ex boyfriend is sitting in the kitchen eating scrambled eggs," Emma snapped. "Why is he here?"

"I can speak for myself you know," Hook said, setting down his fork and turning to Emma. "The least you can do is look at me."

Emma ignored the phone vibrating her hand. Probably just Regina responding to her good morning text. She rolled her eyes before looking at Hook. "Fine. Then you explain why you're here."

"I was invited to stage a sort of intervention," Hook said. "The Evil Queen deal wore all of us down, and we said and did things that we didn't mean. Like breaking up. We didn't mean to do that, did we?"

"We did," Emma said. "We definitely did." She felt her phone vibrate again, indicating another text. Emma took a deep breath, trying to get a handle on her anger. No doubt Regina was feeling it too, and freaking out.

Hook sighed before standing up and grabbing Emma's hand. "Look, Emma, I didn't want to break up. We were good for each other. Yes, we had our rough patches, but every couple has those."

"No," Emma said, pulling her hand out of Hook's. "We were not good for each other. All of the lying, and the fighting, that isn't what makes a good relationship."

"The lying was mostly on your end," Hook accused. "You were always so secretive about everything going on! How was I supposed to handle that?"

David put a hand on Emma's shoulder, getting her attention. "Look, what Hook is trying to say is that he thinks that you guys should give things another go. Just to make sure you didn't make a mistake."

Emma looked at David in shock before glaring at him and everyone in the room. "Is everyone here forgetting that I broke up with him not because of the arguing and lying, but because I fell in love with Regina? I mean, yeah the arguing and stuff wasn't great, but the main reason was because I wanted to date Regina instead. Someone who I do tell everything to and hardly ever fight with. Yes, we fight. But usually it's sparked by us being concerned for the other one, not because we want to control each other."

The room fell silent, no one really knowing what to say to that. Emma shook her head. "I can't believe you guys. I'm leaving."

Snow went to protest, but Emma had already poofed away. To the person she actually wanted to see.

"Oh thank goodness," Regina breathed, practically running over and hugging Emma tightly. "What in the world was happening? All I could feel was your anger, and you weren't responding to any of my texts."

"My parents and Hook staged an intervention," Emma said, sighing.

Regina pulled away from her in shock. "A what?"

"Intervention," Emma said. "Wanting me to give Hook another chance. Because apparently the recent events led us to say things we didn't mean and do things we didn't want to do. Like break up with controlling boyfriends."

Regina rolled her eyes before hugging Emma again. "You need to let it go and calm down. All of that anger can't be good for your magic. I can feel it begging to be used."

Emma relaxed into Regina's arms and allowed herself to let go of all of the things she wished that she could do to Hook and her parents. She felt Regina smile and kiss the top of her head as the anger seeped out of her system.

"You know, it makes sense," Regina mused. "What they were all trying to do, I mean."

"How?" Emma asked, pulling away from her.

"You were happy," Regina pointed out. "For awhile at least. Your relationship started off weird, but so did ours. They just want to make sure that you made the right choice and that you are happy."

Emma sighed. "I know. But they went about it in the worst way possible. Like, a sneak intervention? Really? I'm not an alcoholic."

Regina laughed. "No, you're not. But would you have honestly agreed to meet with Hook and talk about those things?"

"No," Emma said. She rolled her eyes at Regina's triumphant smirk. "Fine, I see your point. So what do I do?"

"That's up to you," Regina said shrugging. "You can set up a meeting with him on your own terms, or wait for another parental ambush."

"I don't like either of those options," Emma grumbled. She walked into the living room, plopping down on the couch. "Why does this have to be so complicated? I love you, I didn't make a mistake, and I'm happy."

Regina sat next to her and grabbed her hand, squeezing it gently. "Then you need to tell them that. Without being so angry I feel like my insides are going to explode if I don't hit someone. Or something."

Emma laughed. "I'm sorry. I tried to calm down so it wouldn't affect you so badly."

"That failed," Regina said. "Miserably."

"Yeah, yeah, we both know I'm not great at anger management," Emma said. "Fine, I'll set up a meeting with him for tomorrow. For now, I just want to be with you."

Regina smiled. "That can be arranged."